Song performance and elaboration as potential indicators of male quality in Java sparrows.

abstract：:A series of experiments investigated the role of familiarity in the development of individual recognition and social preferences in spiny mice. Pups who suckled from the same mother were able to recognize one another by common maternal labels even though these same pups were also differentially labeled by additional f...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Porter RH,Matochik JA,Makin JW

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinlan's ID3 algorithm has been used to induce, from behavioral sequences observed on mice in day and night conditions, rules linking each activity to the three preceding ones in a given sequence. These rules were then input into two expert systems so that they might be validated on other behavioral sequences. It is ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Meyer JA,Guillot A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interruptions and unfamiliar events (distracters) during a timed signal disrupt (delay) timing in humans and other animals. We hypothesized that repeated exposure to a stimulus may reduce its subsequent time-disrupting properties. To test this hypothesis rats were trained in a reversed peak-interval (RPI) procedure, i...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Buhusi CV,Matthews AR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five pigeons were trained to discriminate a constant luminance difference when both reinforcer frequency and reinforcer magnitude were varied in an animal analogue of the human discrete-trial yes- no detection task. Variation of relative reinforcer frequency was more effective in biasing detection performance than var...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Boldero J,Davison M,McCarthy D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of day-old chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) to discriminate between the shape and size of beads was investigated in two one-trial tasks, taste avoidance and sickness-conditioned learning. Previous studies determined that color is a critical classification cue for conditioned stimuli in these tasks. In tas...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Barber TA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Memory decay is rapid at first and slower later-a feature that accounts for Jost's memory law: that old memories gain on newer ones with lapse of time. The rate-sensitive property of habituation-that recovery after spaced stimuli may be slower than after massed-provides a clue to the dynamics of memory decay. Rate-sen...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Staddon JE,Chelaru IM,Higa JJ

更新日期：2002-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Dog cognition research tends to rely on behavioural response, which can be confounded by obedience or motivation, as the primary means of indexing dog cognitive abilities. A physiological method of measuring dog cognitive processing would be instructive and could complement behavioural response. Electroencephalogram (...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Howell TJ,Conduit R,Toukhsati S,Bennett P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the prevalence and research interest of animal personality, its underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Due to the essential role of monoamines in modulating behaviour, we manipulated the monoaminergic systems of Mediterranean field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) to explore whether this altered beh...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Lundgren KA,Abbey-Lee RN,Garnham LC,Kreshchenko A,Ryding S,Løvlie H

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When competing for mates, males typically exhibit higher rates of intrasexual aggression and courtship than females. Operational sex ratio, represented here by adult sex ratio (ASR) as a proxy, is likely the best predictor of this competition, which typically increases between members of one sex as members of the oppo...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Chuard PJC,Brown GE,Grant JWA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate empirically confusion matrices in device validation. We compared the confusion matrix method to linear regression and error indices in the validation of a device measuring feeding behaviour of dairy cattle. In addition, we studied how to extract additional information on cl...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Ruuska S,Hämäläinen W,Kajava S,Mughal M,Matilainen P,Mononen J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurence of tied rank numbers in dominance hierarchies is discussed, especially its effect on the linearity of the hierarchy. This linearity is measured with Landau's index, that is calculated for several hierarchies with tied ranks on one, two of three levels. Linearity is mostly affected by ties in small groups...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Nelissen MH

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant African pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei) have been employed successfully in two operational tuberculosis-detection projects in which they sniff sputum samples from symptomatic individuals who have visited tuberculosis clinics. The prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in this population is high, approximately 2...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Edwards TL,Ellis H,Watkins EE,Mulder C,Mgode G,Cox C,Poling A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy acquisition through suckling has been widely studied in rat and human infants. Processes mediating energy conservation, however, have not received the attention that they deserve. This essay, in honor of Professor Jerry Hogan, discusses parallel behaviors used by rat and human mothers to minimize energy loss in...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Blass E

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional response, i.e. the change in per capita food intake rate per time unit with changed food availability, is a widely used tool for understanding the ecology and behaviour of animals. However, waterfowl remain poorly explored in this context. In an aviary experiment we derived a functional response curve f...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Arzel C,Guillemain M,Gurd DB,Elmberg J,Fritz H,Arnaud A,Pin C,Bosca F

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used information statistics to quantify first-order sequential dependencies in the social behavior of two sibling wolf pups (Canis lupus). Sequential dependencies in the behavior of the individual pups increased between the first sample (18-32 days of age) and two later samples taken from 34-53 days and 64-106 days...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： McLeod PJ,Fentress JC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present research assessed adduction involving derived stimulus relations as a function of environmental complexity. In Group CA, four college students were trained with arbitrary-matching-to-sample discriminations that could have established four, 3-member stimulus classes. In Group EA, four other students were tr...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Rippy SM,Doughty AH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Participants repeatedly played a self-control game in which choice of the higher of two monetary rewards on the present trial reduced the overall reward ('alone condition'). Other participants played a prisoner's dilemma (social cooperation) game in which choices alternated so that overall reward-reducing consequences...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Brown J,Rachlin H

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In serial feature-negative (SFN) training to a target unconditioned stimulus (US), eight rats received two types of intermingled trials: (1) trials in which a tone was followed by the delivery of a single food pellet US, and (2) trials in which the delivery of a single food pellet US was followed by three additional f...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Goddard MJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen Göttingen minipigs were trained on two different visually guided conditional associative tasks. In a spatial conditional task, a black stimulus signalled that a response to the left was correct, and a white stimulus signalled that a response to the right was correct. In a conditional go/no-go task, a blue sti...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Moustgaard A,Arnfred SM,Lind NM,Hemmingsen R,Hansen AK

更新日期：2005-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodent urine provides animals with a large amount of information, from the identity of the animal through its physical condition to social status. Many studies therefore focus on rodent urine-marking behaviour and use marking frequency as an indicator of social status or competitive ability. However, marking, like man...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Lantová P,Brixová L,Lanta V

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that in mammals prenatal exposure to exogenous testosterone has a masculinizing effect on female morphology and behavior. Fewer studies, however, have been conducted in males on this subject, and the results are controversial. In the present study, we investigated the long-term effect of adminis...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Bánszegi O,Szenczi P,Dúcs A,Hudson R,Altbäcker V

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domestic chicks selected for high and low locomotor activity in a novel environment have low and high levels of fearfulness, respectively. Using four commonly employed methods of estimating fear, namely emergence, open-field, response to a bell and tonic immobility tests, we found a similar effect in lines of Japanese...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Jones RB,Bessei W,Faure JM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the ability of Octopus vulgaris to prey on bivalve molluscs showing that octopuses exhibited the same behavioural pattern irrespective of the prey species. When the initial pulling method did not result efficient octopuses skipped to drilling accompanied by an increase in the handling time. A compl...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Fiorito G,Gherardi F

更新日期：1999-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Many organisms exhibit diverse anti-predator tactics, influenced by genetics and prior experience. In ectothermic taxa, offspring phenotypes are often sensitive to developmental temperatures. If the effectiveness of alternative anti-predator responses depends on thermally sensitive traits, then the temperatures experi...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Hagman M,Löwenborg K,Shine R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nociception is the ability to encode and perceive harmful stimuli and allows for a rapid reflexive withdrawal. In some species, nociception might be accompanied by a pain experience, which is a negative feeling that allows for longer-term changes in behaviour. Different types of stimuli may affect nociceptors, but in ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Elwood RW,Dalton N,Riddell G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background matching is an important way to camouflage and is widespread among animals. In the field, however, few studies have addressed background matching, and there has been no reported camouflage efficiency in freshwater turtles. Background matching and camouflage efficiency of the four-eyed turtle, Sacalia quadri...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Xiao F,Yang C,Shi H,Wang J,Sun L,Lin L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of cue competition on timing in both overshadowing and blocking operant procedures with pigeons. A white center key delivered reward when pecked 30s after a red or green sidekey was presented and 10s after presentation of the alternate color on the other sidekey. In Experiment 1, key presentatio...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： McMillan N,Roberts WA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monte Carlo simulations were performed to analyze the degree to which two-, three- and four-step learning histories of losses and gains correlated with escalation and persistence in extended extinction (continuous loss) conditions. Simulated learning histories were randomly generated at varying lengths and composition...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Gilroy SP,Hantula DA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human recreation can negatively affect wildlife, particularly on weekends when human activity is highest (i.e., the weekend effect). Much of what we understand about the weekend effect is based on research conducted on diurnal species, which have greater temporal overlap with humans. Because nocturnal species generall...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Nix JH,Howell RG,Hall LK,McMillan BR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voluntary exercise by rats running in a freely rotating wheel (free wheel) produces conditioned taste avoidance (CTA) of a flavored solution consumed before running [e.g., Lett, B.T., Grant, V.L., 1996. Wheel running induces conditioned taste aversion in rats trained while hungry and thirsty. Physiol. Behav. 59, 699-7...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Forristall JR,Hookey BL,Grant VL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00